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News brief: Ukraine spotlights Keep Your Light Shining
A Ukrainian broadcaster is getting a local remake of Global Agency-sold format Keep Your Light…
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Globosat, DR among buyers of SVT’s Avicii doc
Globosat in Brazil and Danish pubcaster DR have acquired a doc about Scandinavian superstar DJ…
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Berg succeeds Lindstrom as TV4 channels boss
Swedish broadcaster TV4 Group has appointed the head of Danish cable operator YouSee, Mathias Berg,…
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News brief: NATPE honouring Netflix’s Ted Sarandos
NATPE will award Ted Sarandos a Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award at its Miami event in…
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Viacom poaches Worldwide exec as Asia boss
Viacom International Media Networks has recruited Mark Whitehead as executive VP and managing director of…
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Former Hulu bosses return with new video venture
Jason Kilar and Richard Tom, the former chief executive and chief technology officers of Hulu,…
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HIT triple hire includes Davidsen return
HIT Entertainment has hired a trio of senior executives, one being a former staffer who…
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Digital TV homes will top one billion this year
The addition of 130 million new digital TV homes will take the global total to…
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MarVista sets Disney’s Pants on Fire
MarVista Entertainment is producing and distributing Pants on Fire, a new comedy movie for Disney…
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Universal Channel books in drama with TNT’s The Librarians
Universal Channel has acquired international rights to upcoming drama series The Librarians. The upcoming series…
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News brief: Heggessy leaves Boom Pictures
Lorraine Heggessey (pictured, standing) has reportedly left Boom Pictures, the UK-based production group she set…
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Only Lifestyle unveils boutique science content sales firm
Paris-based sales house Only Lifestyle is launching Only Science, a boutique distribution business dedicated to…
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Russian net buys German improv comedy remake rights
Russian channel CTC has acquired local remake rights to German improv comedy Schiller Street. The…
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AOL On launches on Apple TV
The entire library from AOL’s premium video syndication platform AOL On has been added to…
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Hollywood stars set for MIPCOM Book of Negroes debut
MIPCOM will play host to a worldwide premiere preview of upcoming Canadian event miniseries The…
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BBC ‘plays it too safe’, says acting Trust chair
The BBC’s flagship channel, BBC One, can “sometimes feel too predictable” and “plays it too…
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Lionsgate poaches CBS, ITV Studios sales execs
Lionsgate International has bolstered its ranks by appointing a pair of new sales directors at…
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Soderbergh inspires Starz anthology series
Starz, the UK premium cable channel, has commissioned a 13-part scripted anthology series inspired by…
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Canada Media Fund outlines new funding pot terms
The Canada Media Fund has outlined terms of new matching fund contributions for co-development and…
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Content bags Legendary’s Dead Rising
Content Media Corp. has acquired international sales rights to a feature film based on the…
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Got Talent tops Rising Star US debut
The American Rising Star took five million overall viewers on its debut outing on ABC,…
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Scripps lifestyle networks spread in Europe
A pair of Scripps Networks International channels have launched on a number of satellite platforms…
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Pickle & Peanut appeals to Disney XD
Disney XD has given the greenlight to Pickle & Peanut, an animated comedy for its…
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Turner moves Asia Pac exec to Cartoon Network US
Turner Broadcasting System has named one of its Asia Pacific kids programming bosses as VP,…
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Ramsay has final Kitchen Nightmares
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has brought his restaurant-in-trouble series Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares to an end…
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BBC spotlights Lance Armstrong pre-Tour de France
UK pubcaster the BBC has acquired Stop at Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story ahead of…
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Asian nets buy US Rising Star
Two Asian channels and a Chinese VOD platform have acquired ABC’s US version of Israeli…
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Swedish pubcaster goes Up in Flames
Swedish educational broadcaster UR has prebought Life in Flames, a documentary for Discovery about firefighters…
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ORF ‘eyeing VOD platform’ as Netflix launch looms
Austrian public broadcaster ORF is reportedly in talks to buy domestic video-on-demand portal Filmmit, ahead…
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Sky 1 orders latest comedy-drama
UK satellite channel Sky 1 HD has commissioned a six-part comedy drama about a teenager…